419 scam: "Christan Brown" <sales@99newsemaillist.info> The information in this proposal is proprietary and confidential

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrchristainbrownm@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Christan Brown" <sales@99newsemaillist.info>
Reply-To: mrchristainbrownm@gmail.com
Date: 4 Nov 2020 08:57:57 +0100
Subject: The information in this proposal is proprietary and confidential

Greetings to you hope you are safe and protected from this
Corona-virus Pandemic, let me
take this opportunity to inform you that this Business proposal I
am sending to you is
pivoted on total trust and confidentiality. My name is
Mr.CHRISTAN BROWN,my private email
address is(mrchristainbrownm@gmail.com) I am the Investment &
Project Manager at our
ministry. Sierra Leone Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Resources. I have a great
and immense business deal. I will love to discuss it with you, if
I am granted a little attention.

I head the Committee in charge of our gold mining and award of
contracts to foreign
contractors to mine our Nation Gold. In 2019, a contract was
executed and I over invoiced
the contract sum to the tune of Twenty-Five Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars Only.
($25,500,000.00) and diverted large quantity of Gold to a private
security company. As a
civil servant I cannot keep this amount in my personal account
here in my country and I
cannot sell this gold without a proper licenses because of our
government restriction on us not to have licenses to sell gold as
a public office holders we are forbidding by the

Law of our Government for any Civil Servant to hold or operate an
offshore account and have
a gold license. In view of this, I decided to look for a foreign
partner such as you to assist me to channel/move this funds and
Gold into your company /custody for good yield of this money
and its safety and YOU will be compensated the proceed we sold
from the gold will be re-invested in your Country which the
investment will be under your total control for a

considerable time frame of 10 years renewable every 4 years and
we will share THE ROI 50/50.
Kindly let me know your acceptance to this offer and get back to
me with your full details
and your private telephone number, your WhatsApp number for our
immediate communication
Please understand that this is a very serious and confidential
matter and need your full cooperation.

Waiting to hear from you.

Yours Faithfully.
Mr Christan Brown
EMAIL ADDRESS mrchristainbrownm@gmail.com

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